California sheriff’s ballot seizure fuels election-denial clash and court fight
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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seized about 650,000 ballots from California’s Prop. 50 special election and publicly pushed debunked claims of illegal voting, amid a legal battle with state officials; officials say the actual discrepancy was only 103 votes, and Bianco’s actions and rhetoric have intensified a high-profile election-denial controversy as he runs for governor.
- Exclusive: ‘Some people should never be allowed to vote’: California sheriff who seized ballots pushes extreme anti-voting rhetoric online Democracy Docket
- Court blocks California effort to stop Republican sheriff’s ballot recount The Guardian
- In California, a Republican Sheriff Seizes Ballots, Prompting Criticism The New York Times
- California court denies appeal to stop Riverside County Sheriff's election fraud investigation CBS News
- Judge who OK’d ballot seizure spoke glowingly about Republican sheriff leading investigation San Francisco Chronicle
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